http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/archive/1085 en_GB_DOC http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/160525/1/1085 Commonwealth of Learning is organising the fifth Pan-Commonwealth Forum on Open Learning (PCF5) from July 13-17, 2008 in London. The Forum will explore how open and distance learning can help achieve education for all through widening educational access and bridging the digital divide. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/158591/1/1085 Illiteracy among women will only worsen the already serious problem of digital divide, says Women’s Literacy and Information and Communication Technologies: Lessons that Experience has Taught Us, a book by Commonwealth of Learning. The study highlights policy as well as implementation strategies in the use of ICTs for women’s literacy. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/158140/1/1085 To boost its corporate social responsibility work, GAIL India Ltd has launched an e-Shiksha programme for rural children at some of its plants in north and central India. Started with an investment of INR 6.3 million, the mobile centres will have buses equipped with laptops to teach children computer basics in local languages. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/156058/1/1085 Kerala will soon become the first Indian state to achieve total IT literacy. ICT-based education has shown promising results. Now decision to equip 2,800 high schools with broadband internet connectivity by August next year would open up immense possibilities in the education sector. http://www.digitalopportunity.org/article/view/155212/1/1085 An extensive campaign aimed at taking Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to street boys in Rwanda will be launched. In fact, Africa as a whole is going to gain through projects in which at least US $ 300 million will be invested.